World building is exquisite, as is the sound and music. Gameplay is decent, but the writing is... awful. What a fall from the first game. The voice acting, particularly that of Amicia and Hugo, is very good and does much to polish the turd, but it's laid bare with the supporting characters who have the worst writing and mediocre acting. The game tries to deal with the elephant in the room - why should Hugo live if he causes the destruction of thousands of innocents? - but then glides right past it as you continue to play a merry band of murderers with pangs of conscience. This is only made worse by the truly painful banter between Sophia and Hugo, and the complete lack of logic to any of the character arcs. Holy hell what a rat's nest of a script.

Might be worth it if you're very curious and the game is on sale, but I wish I hadn't.

This game is currently in the Humble Choice for July 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before August 6th, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

It’s a cinematic sequel to a great game.

Plague Tale: Requiem continues the story from A Plague Tale: Innocence. Honestly, this is a bit hard to talk about because so much of this game is a spoiler for that previous title, and A Plague Tale: Innocence is extremely good, so I’ll just say that players who want to check this out, should start by playing through the first game rather than read a synopsis.

As for everything else, A Plague Tale: Requiem delivers. In the first hour there’s good storytelling, interesting areas, and characters. Some large areas show the difference in the size and scale between the titles. There’s still a lot of darkness but Plague Tale: Requiem does a better job balancing that, which only makes the game that much darker when it goes there.

At the same time, I will say I did notice some performance issues, and unlike many games, I didn’t turn this game up to the highest setting but used the default or recommended and still had issues. This was a complaint at launch and I think the game is still a bit of a performance hog. Also, this story has not got the best reception. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen when playing it, but I also have to acknowledge the number of times people have said this is a step back in just the narrative.

Pick this up if you played the original game. Seriously, go play that first, it was in a Humble Choice a couple of years ago, and it’s currently in the Steam Summer Sale for 8 bucks, it’s going to be worth playing that before this. After that, if you want more, you know where to find it.

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A Peak Tale : Requiem